Improvement in grain-separators



J. M. WILLIAMS.

GRAIMSEPARATORS.

Patented Aug.8, 1876.

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JOHN M. WILLIAMS, OF SNAUHWINE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAlN-SEPARATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 80,738, dated August8, 1876; application filed October 29, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: E is one axle of the vehicle on which theframe Be it known that I, JOHN M. WILLIAMS, is mounted, and G are thewheels, all of which of Snachwine, in the county of Putnam and are ofordinary construction, and in common State of Illinois, have invented anew and useuse. H and H represent staples put through ful Improvement inAnchors for Grain-Septhe posts B B and secured by nuts I I. J J arators,of which the following is a specificarepresent iron rods swiveled to thestaples H tion; H, which cross each other and terminate in The presentinvention relates to means for eyes P P; To these eyes are swiveledshort anchoring the t rods 8 8, which pass through between the spokes ofthe wheels and through clampingblocks K K, and are drawn tightly to thewheels, so as to bind them and the separatorframe firmly together, toprevent both from having a lateral and longitudinal movement. Thelast-mentioned rods being jointed is important; otherwise the attachmentto the wheels could not be made.

When the separator is to be moved from place to place theclamping-blocks are to be removed, and the short rods turned inward, sothat the outer ends of the rods J J will rest on the sills N. Agrain-discharge spout,

has a support at its upper end, on a girt, M, or other suitable place,and its lower end lateral motion.

The nature of my invention consists in rods which are jointed toopposite sides of the separator-frame, and extend, crossing each other,to the sills of the frame, at which points they are provided with ointedextension -rods, which pass outward between the spokes of the wheels ofthe separator, and through clamping-blocks, which, by means of nuts andscrews on the ends of the last-mentioned rods, are caused to hold theseparator-frame and wheels firmly together, so that when the wheels arestaked to the ground the shaking of the riddles cannot communicate anyconsiderable motion to the separator-frame. The is bolted fast to one ofthe clamping-blocks means now used to stay the separator-frame K, thatit may convey the separated grain to consist of simple braces, the lowerends of sacks or other desired receptacle. The grain which are placed onthe ground, and the upmay be emptied at the back or front of the perends put against the sides of the separawheel by inclining the block inthe direction tor. These are objectionable in roaming the required. Thegrain, if to be discharged at efficiency of the separator, in theirbeing in the opposite side of the separator, can be dethe way ofmanipulating the machine, and in livered at that point by reversing theclampthat they cannot be used when the separator ing-blocks, carryingthe block attached to the is placed close by or between two stacks ofspout with it. This saves the trouble of degrain. I obviate theseobjections by means of taching the spout from the block. As an mydevice, and, at the same time, prevent the equivalent device, strut orpushing rods may separator from having a longitudinal movebe usedinstead of rods J J, bearing against ment by the strain of the belt orotherwise. clamping-blocks on the inside of the wheels,

In the drawings, Figure l is a transverse holding them rigidly outward.sectional elevation of the frame of a grain- I claim and desire tosecure by Letters separator to which my anchoring devices arePatentattached; Fig. 2, a longitudinal elevation of The combination ofthe staples S S, rods J the same frame, showing the clamping-block J,short rods 8 8, clamping-blocks K, wheels on one wheel, also thegrain-spout in position G G, and frame B B, as and for the purpose -onthe block. set forth.

N represents the longitudinal sills of the JOHN M. WILLIAMS.separator-frame; B B, the end posts, and B W1tnesses: B the middle postsof the same. M repre- W. H. WILLIAMS, sents girts running from posts Bto posts B. E. D. 000K.

